2025 was something. Between major household upheavals and everything else in life, sticking to my goals has take a backseat.
With 2026 on the horizon, it’s as good a time as any to set my goals for 2026.
So, without further ado, here are 26 things I want to do in 2026.
You know how you have that itch to retry a project when the previous attempt doesn’t work out the way you want it to? Yeah. This iteration of the Moondancer Shawl by Dominique Trad was one of those projects. The very first bash at the project was a yellow-and-grey number, which was made so I could wear it to the Harry Potter Feast event. Yes. I was a Hufflepuff at the time. And no, it was not worth the money I shelled out for the ticket to that event. Since then, a couple of things have happened. Firstly, I found myself in posession of more yarn than I had proper storage for (and needed to use up). Second (and most importantly), I am no longer a Hufflepuff. Yes. I am now rocking the red and gold of Gryffindor house. Which means that a) the Hufflepuff-inspired shawl is no longer appropriate…
It’s been close to a year since I finished my pink and green cardigan. I had bought more yarn than I needed for that project, because I had 2 balls of each of the pink yarns (Sandnes Garn Sunday & Tynn Silk Mohair) left after finishing all of the edges and sewing on all of the buttons. Yarn which has been sitting idle in my stash, until the beginning of 2025. When I drew up my new years resolutions for 2025, I decided that I was going to drastically pare down my yarn stash in order to make room for new acquisitions (part of a broader effort to destash the stuff in my room). Which entailed using up as much of my stash as I could, including 5 “full” skeins. I thought, seeing how I already have a pink and green number, as well as a solid green one, I…
When you are prone over over-packing and over thinking I love journaling. I also don’t like having to think too much about getting my thoughts down. Especially when all I want to do is unwind after a *long* day of activities. But I still like having a physical reminder of my holiday, whether it’s a week interstate or long-weekend staycation in my state’s capital. So… What do I do to make sure that I can adequately capture my trip, but without thinking too much and without lugging everything but the proverbial kitchen sink through the airport? I make sure that I have a fully stocked journaling kit that can fit into a medium-sized pouch. Yep. Before I pack for a trip, I make sure that my favourite medium-sized Delfonics pouch is fully stocked with all the things I might want to have to hand for my end-of-day journaling sesh. (Let’s…
Dear Diary, It’s safe to say that the April Cardigan from PeiteKnits has become my go to cardigan pattern. Because it’s on the simpler end of the spectrum for cardigan patterns, it’s really easy to adapt the pattern to suit your own tastes. Take, for example, this iteration. (Yes, I have made more than one of this pattern) Instead of going for the solid block of colour that the original pattern calls for, I went for a series of stripes around the bottom edge of the body and the sleeve cuffs. Originally, I was angling for a gentle pink to green gradient, but the striped effect turned out ok. This was also the first interation where I tried the “perfect” 1×1 ribbing. The end result was that the cuffs and bottom band were a lot snugger than previous iterations. That, and the buttonholes were smaller. As for the placement of…